We are very happy to launch our new website at this time of Pentecost. It is a time of transformation, of overcoming anxiety, fear and doubt, a time of bursting forth of Divine Energy which fills the universe with peace, possibility and new life.

We view our website as a sharing and an invitation. We want to share our Hermitage Centre with those who are seeking a place of welcome, rest and peace. We hope that those who wish to’ step off the treadmill’ for a while can come to a place of silence and tranquillity that can uplift and inspire .

At Pentecost, the apostles gathered in the Upper Room had lost direction and hope, and were frightened and sad. For them life seemed meaningless and all their efforts had come to naught. ’The doors were locked’ as our psychological ‘doors’ can sometimes be shut against further pressures, pain and disillusionment.

But ‘Jesus came and stood among them’. As they gathered to take stock and reflect, to leave their busy schedules and take time to ‘draw their breath’, Jesus came and stood among them and said ‘Peace be with you’.

‘The disciples were filled with joy when they saw the Lord.’

We here in the Hermitage Centre are very aware of what happens when people take time to come home to themselves. It gives us great joy to ‘hold a space’ so that those who wish can come and rest in a place of great natural and Celtic beauty. Many are enabled, in their own unique way to ‘unlock the doors’ of their hearts and experience peace within their own inner being.

We pray that this website may speak to those who are pilgrims, to those who are seeking, who are hungry for meaning, who are weary and long for a deeper relationship with their God.

To all of you, we say ‘Welcome’.